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Take carb off and remove float bowl from carb and flip upside down. Top of float should be level with carb body( where the float bowl gasket is) Turn carb right side up ,attach a piece of hose to gas inlet, blow into the hose- air should flow freely. Continue blowing , now raise float with your...

If it acts like its reving in gear ( compare it to driving down the road and pushing in the clutch of your car while keeping your foot on the gas pedal) then its most likely a spun hub in your propeller. There pressed in and over time they will start slipping while under load. About $40 at...

I thought someone on here had video of cutting carpet corners for lids ect. I`m replacing my carpet and i want to try to get the corners as tight as possible. The first one i did didn`t come out as good as i wanted, any tips or suggestions? Thanks.

Drop lower unit and take a drill and put it on the the drive shaft. With lower unit fully submerged in a bucket of water use the drill to turn driveshaft. If water shoots out the copper tube, water pump is working then look for blockages in powerhead. If no water comes out water tube, check...

Get a good flywheel puller with some Grade 8 bolts. The tool is named " flywheel Puller" for a reason, Its designed to do just that, pull the flywheel off the crankshaft. It will probably make a loud bang when it comes loose, don`t be alarmed and think you broke something. When reinstalling...

No electric start available on the 9.5 motors. They factory never offered one.

Are you using a Torque wrench when you tighten down the factory nut to the correct specs, if not it will continue to come loose. Make sure you check the crankshaft key way for any damage from the flywheel coming off, use a factory OMC key and not some hardware store woodruff key. Good luck...

Offer $400 all they can say is no. Thats a decent price especially since it has the warrenty. There great motors, one of the best power to weight ratio motors omc ever built. With routine maint it will last another 40 yrs.

Only tighten the base screw tight once you have the points adjusted to the .020 using the adjustment screw. So, rotate cam until the highest point and the points are fully open( it will usually say "top" or "set" in this area).Now snug up the base screw but not to much so the adjustment screw...

Yes, that is why the crankshaft is tapered

Put flywheel on crankshaft, aligning key with slot in flywheel an torque to 45 ft lbs.

They worked well for me.

Possibly a stuck thermostat. With motor running on a boat or barrel and water just below the oval hole thats 1/2 way or so up the leg, Can you hold your finger on the head for a count of 3-4 before it burns? If so your probably ok, if not - stuck closed t-stat, bad impeller, if run in salt...

+1 on the water pump. Drain and refill lower unit gear oil and look for any water intrusion, if it looks good- refill. Grease all zerk fittings, If your going to have the flywheel off for the new plug wires inspect all ignition components, clean and set points to .020.

Hi all, just picked up an `89 smokercraft resorter that needs alot of work. It has a nice big livewell that i understand how it fills up and theres an overflow that flows out the side of the boat but, how does it drain. Theres no bottom drain plug in the well, So does it just flow back through...